The Democrats friend in the environmental movement will sue to prevent exploration, the Democrats friends in the Trial Lawyers will drag out the court process, and then the government will collect twice as much rent for the lease since it took more than five years.
This is the same, old tactic. The timeline before a lease has to produce is always 5, or 10 years, the companies always had to lose their leases at any time (see, it’s not garaunteed; could be 5, could be 3, could be 10, at Congress’ discretion), but there’s never a limit to how many years they can be sued to prevent building roads to the rigs, or building any infrastructure. The environmentalists know that as long as they can keep producers in court, they win, plus of course, they get paid. These folks don’t work for free. The opposition has professional people that do nothing but file lawsuits, every day.
Rahall should be brought up on charges for attempting to defraud the American public under the color of an office holder.
Why are Democrats trying so hard to destroy this country. They seem to think we all need to be punished.
If “moderate congressional Democrats” are defying Reid and Pelosi on this bill, you know it’s a real stinker.